Chapter 459: Section 246: Battle of Pine Wind Sea 5
Onionhead stood at the bow, his brows tightly furrowed and his expression grim, as he shouted to Dian Wan, “Haven’t you noticed yet? The opponents fighting us aren’t just one Undead Mage.”
The Jidian Pirate Group had not detected anything, but Onionhead, being a Mage, had far superior scouting abilities compared to a fighter like Dian Wan.
“I’ve had my suspicions!” the First Officer of the Jidian Pirate Group nodded, “The combat power exhibited by the adversaries far exceeds what the intelligence reports had stated.”
“There must be a second Undead Mage making their moves! Weren’t there two of them at the auction?”
Hearing the words of Onionhead and the First Officer, Dian Wan became impatient and said, “Then we definitely need to join forces!”
Onionhead snorted coldly, not objecting to the First Officer’s speculation.
Previously, he had only detected the casting aura of another Undead Mage deep in the sea, but he still hadn’t located the Little Prince and Ku Feng.
Not to mention the ship ghosts.
Thus, although he had detected more than Dian Wan’s group, he was still in the dark and unaware of the enemy’s actual military strength.
This is the correct tactic for a Mage.
As long as one stays hidden and does not reveal their true face, they can induce misjudgments in the enemy, gaining a degree of initiative.
If the Little Prince actually appeared, riding the three-headed Undead Sea Snake, the pirates would discern part of the truth and become more vigilant.
Despite not uncovering the truth, Onionhead still felt a sense of oppression. It was clear that in terms of revealed combat power, the pirates still held the advantage.
Onionhead highly valued this feeling.
This feeling had helped him survive many dangerous situations.
As a Mage, extensively experienced and knowledgeable, he knew this sensation was known as “Spiritual Sense.”
People who frequently train at the edge of life and death gradually develop Spiritual Sense. It’s a power of the soul!
“I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
“To be safe, it’s necessary to rescue Dian Wan and his crew,” thought Onionhead.
To tell the truth, his fondness for Dian Wan and his gang was far less than his dislike.
Dian Wan had acted prematurely, snatching the Solar Halo. Onionhead had even been ridiculed by Dian Wan for it.
Onionhead had attended the auction, wanting to buy the Solar Halo, but Zi Di and Cang Xu had beaten him to it.
He had agreed to join the Sea Snake Lady in this joint operation partly because he feared her, but mainly his motive was still to seize the Solar Halo.
The Solar Halo held extraordinary significance for Onionhead’s cultivation!
“If it hadn’t been for Dian Wan robbing the target first, why would I have dragged it out until now?”
Thinking of this, anger and resentment brewed in Onionhead’s heart.
He scoffed at Dian Wan coldly, “Heh, join forces? Don’t make it sound so noble.”
“Dian Wan, what you need now is my rescue!”
Dian Wan’s expression immediately darkened, and the surrounding pirates started cursing.
“I can provide support, but what’s the price?” Onionhead countered unabashedly, taking advantage of the situation to demand a ransom.
The pirate coalition should not expect unity anymore; not kicking them while they’re down was already a courtesy on behalf of the Sea Snake Lady.
Taking advantage of the situation was standard practice.
Iron Lump.
Cang Xu looked intently and saw the Jidian Pirate Group and the Stinky Sky Pirate Group converging, and the latter appeared to be providing support, which caused him to frown.
He instantly took action and incredibly stopped the Feathered Snake sails.
The heavy Iron Lump’s speed once again shifted from a rabbit’s scurry to a leisurely stroll of an old bull.
Qing Xin turned around, looking at Cang Xu incredulously, a large question mark seemingly hovering over her head.
“We can leave this battlefield! This is no place to linger.”
“Do you still want to go back to support?”
“There’s no need. Their recent communication also told us to retreat quickly. Our strength is only a burden.”
Cang Xu shook his head, “No, wait a moment, and see how the situation develops.”
Qing Xin did not know about the existence of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps.
Seeing Cang Xu’s response, Qing Xin deepened the misunderstanding, “Are you waiting for the ship ghost to make a move?”
“Indeed, the strongest of these pirates are only at the Silver Level, and the strength of these Undead Mages clearly has the advantage.”
“But have you considered that their strongest is only barely Silver, but the ship ghost has not made a move up to now? Why is that? It shows that he is not very willing to act.”
“All of you are Undead Mages, but the weight each of you carries is different. Once a Golden Level Undead Mage appears, the trouble it brings is far greater than the Silver Level! The ship ghost probably doesn’t want to cause such trouble.”
But then, Zi Di’s voice came through the communication device, “Sister Qing Xin, don’t worry, I’m here to support you.”
The Deep Sea Monster Fish was much faster than regular sea ships and had arrived nearby but had not joined the battle.
Zi Di would only take action when necessary.
Qing Xin’s eyes flickered slightly, “Of course, I trust you. So you were already nearby.”
“I see.”
“Do you want to show goodwill to these Undead Mages?”
“Be extremely careful! Pirates are not easy to deal with. That ship ghost may look easy to talk to, but since he is a direct descendant of the Undead Faction, he is certainly not easy to fool.”
On the Stinky Tofu.
The lookout stood on the crow’s nest of the mast and shouted, “Squad leader, there’s a situation!”
“The speed of the Iron Lump has plummeted and returned to its previous state.”
Onion Head was extorting the Jidian Pirate Group when he heard this; he immediately turned back to look far away as if struck by lightning.
“Hmm?” The situation he saw was exactly as the lookout had described, the Iron Lump’s speed had indeed drastically dropped, back to its previous sailing speed.
Onion Head had a thought, “Could it be that they haven’t fully installed the Golden Level Feathered Snake sails, and they were just forced by Dian Wan to use it temporarily, and it could only take effect momentarily?”
“Speaking of which, the Feathered Snake sails and the Iron Lump don’t really match, the difficulty of temporary assembly is very high.”
“At least, an excellent Alchemy Diagram is needed to design a reasonable Mana Flow circulation route.”
On the other side, the First Officer of the Jidian Pirate Group also felt impending doom and hurriedly shouted, “Squad leader Onion Head, we agree to your terms…”
Before he could finish speaking, Onion Head interrupted him.
He laughed heartily, “You had your chance, but you thought it was too expensive!”
“Now it’s too late to agree.”
“Head out! Let’s seize the Iron Lump!!”
Onion Head loudly ordered, and the Stinky Sky Pirate Group responded thunderously, very happy.
The pirates were originally reluctant to support another pirate group.
Now, with wealth within arm’s reach, who would bother with the Jidian Pirate Group? To save them and share the treasure together?
Ridiculous!
The Stinky Tofu took the lead, overtaking the Electric Grid Fishing Ship, and fiercely pursued the Iron Lump.
Followed closely by ordinary pirate ships.
Before leaving, Onion Head taunted Dian Wan, “Dian Wan, just have a good time with your new friends. We’re off to make a fortune!”
Dian Wan cursed angrily.
This made Onion Head even happier, and he laughed heartily with his head thrown back.
Onion Head led the Stinky Sky Pirate Group, relentlessly pursuing, quickly closing the distance between them and the Iron Lump.
Seeing that the distance had reached the standard in his mind, Cang Xu activated the Feathered Snake sail again.
The Iron Lump instantly broke through the waves, its speed surging and increasing the distance between them.
Onion Head’s eyes widened, realizing something was amiss, “Not good, we’ve been tricked!”
But now, should he turn back to support the Jidian Pirate Group?
Onion Head was not ready to lose that face.
“Chase, keep chasing!” Onion Head yelled harshly.
The Stinky Sky Pirate Group pushed forward vigorously, but sailing speed was not their forte; they could only watch helplessly as the gap widened.
However, just as Onion Head and his men were beginning to despair, Cang Xu quietly took action, turning off the Feathered Snake sail.
Seeing the Iron Lump slow down again, Onion Head paused, “Huh?”
Then, he saw thick smoke rising from the deck of the Iron Lump.
Onion Head was overjoyed, guessing in his heart, “Just as I thought! They were forced, the Feathered Snake sail is hard to assemble temporarily on the Iron Lump, their communication facilities have encountered issues.”
On the deck of the Iron Lump, Qing Xin stared at the deck belching thick smoke, also surprised, “I didn’t expect this design to have an automatic smoking feature?”
Qing Xin looked at Cang Xu, “Did you design this?”
Cang Xu shook his head, “Of course not. But, this idea was provided by me.”
The conduit connecting the Gold Level wind sail and the Iron Lump’s Mana Pool hadn’t been damaged. Its design originated from the Tower Spirit.
With such level of design diagrams, the Tower Spirit could modify the extensive diagrams in the database to obtain them.
The thick smoke once again deceived Onion Head, invigorating the entire Stinky Sky Pirate Group to relentlessly pursue the Iron Lump.
When the distance between the two sides had reduced to a certain degree again, Cang Xu activated the Feathered Snake sail once more.
The Iron Lump sped up again.
Onion Head, “Huh?”
The Iron Lump slowed down.
The Stinky Sky Pirate Group was invigorated.
The Iron Lump sped up again.
Onion Head stopped exclaiming and instead furrowed his brow deeply, his face full of anger, “We’ve been played! This Undead Mage is really sneaky!!”
But his current distance had already widened from the Jidian Pirate Group, and turning back to support them would be even more difficult.
Onion Head simply stuck with the previous chase order, without making changes.
The Iron Lump successfully kept a pirate group on the line.
Cang Xu exhaled a murky breath and used the alchemy communication device to inform Zi Di, “Everything is under control for now.”
“But the ship ghost hasn’t made a move yet.”
“This person is very important; he has many good things on him.”
“The safe plan is to show goodwill towards him.”
“But if the situation allows, our attack on him could yield very rich spoils!”
Whether it’s the method to make Soul Crystals or the techniques for using Memory Crystals, they are very beneficial to the survivors.
Qing Xin, hearing this conversation, couldn’t help but widen her eyes, showing a shocked expression.
“You still plan to attack the ship ghost?! He is Golden Level…”
Zi Di’s voice came through; she chuckled, “Sister Qing Xin, don’t forget, we still have pirates to serve as our cannon fodder.”
Informing Qing Xin in advance was to give her time to accept the idea.
Qing Xin frowned deeply, “Little Zi Di, how much power do you control now? Planning to harm a Golden Level Undead Mage is too risky!”
Zi Di did not answer directly, but said, “We are just seizing the opportunity as it arises.”
Cang Xu added, “I will send you the precise coordinates of the cave right now. Once there are signs of teleportation from the Undead Mages, you can consider whether to bombard the cave and directly destroy the Sorrowful Song Tombstone!”
Qing Xin gasped.
Hearing such a bold scheme from Zi Di and Cang Xu, she became even more nervous than before.
Cang Xu comforted her, “Relax a little.”
“The current situation is more favorable for us.”
“These two parties are either criminals or evildoers. We are doing the right thing, we are exercising justice.”
Qing Xin’s mouth twitched, really wanting to criticize, “Did you forget that you are also an Undead Mage?”
While Cang Xu was planning for both parties, the Clapping Pirate Group finally finished circling the island and appeared in sight of Cang Xu and others.
“The Iron Lump is still there!” Seeing the Iron Lump fleeing, Bei Xiang joyfully shouted.
During the circling of the island, his biggest concern was that the Jidian Pirate Group had already boarded the Iron Lump and taken over the riches and people.
Unexpectedly, when the Iron Lump appeared before his eyes once again, the situation was very different from what he imagined.
The Jidian Pirate Group, whom he considered his biggest competitor, was actually in the worst situation, entangled by a group of Water Ghosts and a three-headed Undead Sea Snake, caught in a dire predicament.
And the Stinky Sky Pirate Group was the closest to the Iron Lump.
“It’s that Golden Level Feathered Snake sail!” Bei Xiang, seeing the situation on the Iron Lump, immediately understood the key factor causing this situation.
“With the sailing speed of the Iron Lump, even my flagship would struggle to catch up quickly.”
“Truly worthy of a Golden Level sail, it has increased the Iron Lump’s speed so much!”
Bei Xiang pondered in his heart.
After thinking for a moment, he ordered, “Close the distance, then bombard the target!”
The flagship of the Clapping Pirate Group was the Triangular Love Ship.
This Black Iron Level demon energy ship, being an ocean-going type, had quite decent speed, still slightly surpassing that of the Iron Lump.
But Bei Xiang did not want to get close to the Iron Lump for a boarding battle.
The reason was simple, he was only a Black Iron Level, not Silver.
If he were a Silver Level fighter, his choice would be like Dian Wan’s, to directly rush onto the Iron Lump as the best tactic!
Bang, bang, bang.
The Triangular Love Ship, coming from the northeast direction, closed the distance and then bombarded continuously.
The situation on the Iron Lump became uncomfortable.
To ensure safety, the Iron Lump had to dodge.
Unfortunately, there was not even a qualified helmsman onboard!
The performance of the Iron Lump under the bombardment was very poor, causing concern on the part of the Onion Head who was persistently pursuing from behind.
He was delighted that the Iron Lump was performing so poorly, as if the Stinky Sky Pirate Group joined in the bombardment, it would definitely make them even more uncomfortable and reduce their speed further.
He was worried that such bombardment would destroy many valuable things.
“Hoping that the Sun Halo has been stored in the storage device…” Onion Head sighed, also giving orders.
The Stinky Sky Pirate Group also began their bombardment.
The situation of the Iron Lump became even more difficult.
The gunners on this ship were all temporarily acting. Dwarves and those of the Human Race were mobilized to learn how to fire the cannons.
Amidst this situation, a new force appeared on the edge of the battlefield.
The White Bandage took the lead, acting as the flagship.
The main force of the Dragon Lion Mercenary Corps also sailed into the battlefield, officially joining this tumultuous sea battle!